Wests Tigers centre Brent Naden was sent off for a dangerous tackle on Jake Trbojevic in his side's 30-4 loss against the Manly Sea Eagles on Sunday afternoon.
In doing so, the 26-year-old became the first Tigers player to be sent off in 20 years, having only recently joined the club mid-season.
The incident - which occurred in the 64th minute of the game - saw Naden grab Trbojevic's upper legs and swiftly tip the experienced lock over.
Fortunately, Trbojevic was not injured, with Naden quick to check on him and apologise.
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Attention will now turn to the NRL judiciary's assessment of the tackle.
In a similar incident earlier this year, Manly's Karl Lawton received a four-week suspension for his throw tackle on Cameron Murray.
By that measure, Naden could potentially be looking at a similar - or harsher - punishment.
Interim Tigers coach Brett Kimmorley vowed to stand by Naden no matter the result but said that the team would live with the NRL's decision and go from there.
"[Brent] is okay, we've chatted to him, now we just have to see what happens in the next 24 hours and address whatever gets raised from that," Kimmorely said.
"As I've said to Brent and the rest of the players, we're by their side through the good and the bad - the good they can handle on their own, the bad we need to make sure we're here with them.
"That's the decision they've made, that's the decision they felt like.
"So we'll just see what happens over the next 24 hours - we'll assess what we need to do and we'll make our decisions on the outcome that gets handed to us."
Jake Trbojevic also vouched for Naden after the game, stating that he felt there was no malice in the act and that he had perhaps gotten unlucky.
"It was all good. He was very apologetic and I think just the momentum, sort of trying to find the ground anyway, he was a bit unlucky so he was very sorry," Trbojevic said
"I was just happy we got a penalty, to be honest. It didn't hurt at all so it was fine, he was very apologetic he came to tell me after the game too, so there was no malice in it."
